TheFishyFisherman
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Do I cast them under the wharf and slowly bring them out do do I jig them right next to the fish? What would be more ffective?
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Ok! I usually use tuna oil and tuna mixed with flour to make a pudding bait when fishing for baitfish so I thought it would work. Will try plastics next time
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That’s good (For fish) but it seems snaggy because of the kelp
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I use a pea size split shot and the fish are right underneath the jetty so I cast under there and let my bait float down slowly. Although the little guys smash up my bait. Water isn’t that deep (maybe a metre or two?) and they’re kinda in the middle (closer to the bottom) of the water depth and are swimming around gently. If I use canned tuna as burley, I might be able to excite them (haven’t tried yet) but that would also attract unwanted guests.
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7 hours ago, sashkello said:
All good advice above. But what it comes down to is that when there is plenty of bream about, you want to filter out the smaller ones. So, if you are OK with not catching smaller fish and ONLY want to catch bigger ones, then you'll have to be ready to accept that sometimes there isn't anything above 30cm where you are casting and might end up with nothing. So yeah, bigger or "scarier" (i.e., crabs) lures, surface lures, and maybe live bait. Any kind of dead bait like chicken or prawns will simply get pulled apart by swarming smaller fishes, so you'll be going through same-old routine of hooking/unhooking 20cm randoms and throwing them back until you maybe get lucky. Saying that, the biggest bream I've caught was on a BIG live yabby with scary claws. I reckon most fish I've caught on yabbies was of decent size, but that maybe because the ones which failed to get hooked were smaller ones pulling 'em off the hook...
Would live prawns work or would the little fish also rip them apart? I’m not good at catching mullet and the yakkas I get at balmoral are not small enough. Also, cranks crabs are expensive too.
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7 hours ago, sashkello said:
All good advice above. But what it comes down to is that when there is plenty of bream about, you want to filter out the smaller ones. So, if you are OK with not catching smaller fish and ONLY want to catch bigger ones, then you'll have to be ready to accept that sometimes there isn't anything above 30cm where you are casting and might end up with nothing. So yeah, bigger or "scarier" (i.e., crabs) lures, surface lures, and maybe live bait. Any kind of dead bait like chicken or prawns will simply get pulled apart by swarming smaller fishes, so you'll be going through same-old routine of hooking/unhooking 20cm randoms and throwing them back until you maybe get lucky. Saying that, the biggest bream I've caught was on a BIG live yabby with scary claws. I reckon most fish I've caught on yabbies was of decent size, but that maybe because the ones which failed to get hooked were smaller ones pulling 'em off the hook...
Would soft plastics work if they at right underneath me? Don’t have the time to go buy new gear at the moment
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10 hours ago, ireallylovefishies22 said:
the sand flats beneath the cafe hold plenty of poddies. summer is prime time for surface and using lures such as the sugapen or splash prawn will be good.
ok. I’ll wait for summer then 👍
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Thanks. Would live baiting small poddies at Clontarf be effective? Also, where are the sand flats located? Would like to start fishing topwater for bream and whiting too. Also, what season is best for using topwater lures and what type should I use?
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I went for a session today but the water was murky due to last nights rain so I couldn’t locate any of the fish. I casted near the pylons underneath the ferry stop but only caught little bream, snapper and a whiting. 😂 Hoping to try again soon when the water quality is better.
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Ok thanks. I’ll see how much the crab lures are
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Would these diving minnows work? Cuz they’re about the only topwater lures I have (they were really cheap!) If so, what colour would be better?
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Also, how would I distract the toad fish and baby bream that are on the surface? Should I just burley with bread and then drop down? I like using light lines, with a pea sized split shot and a small hook
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12 hours ago, DerekD said:
Yes you are allowed to fish that spot. There are signs on the posts on the actual wharf advising that fishing is permitted and how to keep the area open for fishing in the future. Basically don't make a mess, be respectful of other users of the facilities, remember it is a ferry wharf for ferries and the passengers so give them priority, clean up after.
I fish it fairly often and if there is a mess down there (made by others) I clean it up.
Wow thanks!! What a responsible person you are!!! 😄
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Hello fishraiders. Just wondering how to catch really big bream and other species. My biggest bream was 30 cm on the dot but I feel like I could do better since everyone else on fishraider has a PB of 40+ cm bream. Does anyone have any useful tips I can use? I’m currently fishing Mosman wharf cuz there are a lot of big bream around the pylons. Any help would be appreciated.
Also, am I allowed to fish near this spot? It looks very fishy but it’s really close the the ferry stop so I fished around it when I went there
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On 7/8/2012 at 12:53 AM, reeling said:
Those frozen shelled prawns, only small pieces on the hook, at the start of the session. Frozen worms seem to attract more whiting. Having said that, I've never had the chance to use fresh bait...
Me too. (Besides yakkas)
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Definitley try balmoral. The boat jetty’s full of them and you don’t even have to burley during the warm seasons. I’ve even caught them on really small soft plastics a couple of times to my surprise. I always catch them whenever I’m there and use them as livebaits. During the winter, they’re a bit sluggish though and you need to burley with bread or canned tuna to make them active again. You can probably catch them in the hundreds if you constantly fish for them there for hours. REMEMBER, USE TINY HOOKS OR ELSE YOU WONT CATCH THEM
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What about around middle harbour? Like balmoral, Mosman, Clontarf, etc?
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What about around middle harbour? Like balmoral, Mosman, Clontarf, etc?
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But the marina isn’t within casting distance from outside the pool right? (Sorry I might be wrong, don’t really have a good memory of what it was like) I can only cast up to 25 metres (with a 6 foot rod). Wouldn’t it be more convenient to fish near the marina or is that not allowed?
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R u actually allowed to fish near or off the netted pool tho? People swim there and I dont want to catch any humans swimming around it
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Thanks guys!! I’ll try what u have said next time!!!
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Wow thanks. When yo mean the edge, do you mean the stone platforms? (The ones with bird poo all over them)
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Thanks!!
Tips for catching big bream? (And other fish)
in Saltwater Fishing Chat
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Ok thanks! Will give my soft plastics a go. Sadly, there are no bait fish in the area (as I know of) so that’s probably why there’s not much movement. If the lures don’t work, I’ll just drop a massive chunk of bait down so the pickers can’t demolish it quick enough before it reaches the big fish. Did that last time and it worked pretty well. The hooks I use are tiny too so my bait will be covered completely unless I strike or if a big fish smashes it